September 17, 2004
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3:57:09…
Time is a Weapon
In memory of rock star and NRA member Johnny Ramone, who died on Wednesday, Sept. 15:
“You’ve got to ask yourself a question.”
– Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry
“At the end, when the agent pumps Neo full of lead, the agent is using a .357 Magnum. That gun only holds 9 bullets, but the agent shoots 10 shots at Neo. I don’t know where he got that gun.”
– Jesse Baumann,
The Matrix: The Magic Bullet
Manufacturer:
Ta’as Israel Industries,
Ramat Hasharon, Israel
Fearful Meditation
“The Max D. Barnes-penned title track, with its stark-reality lyrics, is nothing short of haunting: ‘Time is a weapon, it’s cold and it’s cruel; It knows no religion and plays by no rules; Time has no conscience when it’s all said and done; Like a beast in the jungle that devours its young.’ That’s so good, it hurts! Price’s still-amazing vocals are simply the chilling icing on the cake.”
– Lisa Berg, NashvilleCountry.com
O fearful meditation!
Where, alack,
Shall time’s best jewel
from time’s chest lie hid?
— Shakespeare, Sonnet 65
Clue: click here. This in turn leads to my March 4 entry Fearful Symmetry, which contains the following:
“Every transition from major to minor in a sonata, every transformation of a myth or a religious cult, every classical or artistic formulation was, I realized in that flashing moment, if seen with a truly meditative mind, nothing but a direct route into the interior of the cosmic mystery….”
– Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game
“How strange the change from major to minor….”
– Cole Porter, “Every Time We Say Goodbye“
